Trousers



March 16,` 1937. C- L- LEE 2,074,070

TROUSERS Filed sept; 10, 193e Z'Sheets-Sheet l 34 zolaaaflA- 363e loINVENTO'R CL/:Rg/vcg L e5 w ATTORNEY March 16, 1937.

c. L.' LEE 2,Q74,070 TROUSERS Filed sept. lo, 195e 2 sheets-'sheet 2INVENTOR CLHRENCE L. LEE

ATTORNEY PatentedA Mar. 16, 1937 y Y I UNITED `STATES PATENT OFFICETROUSERS l y Clarence L. Lee, New York, N. Y.

Application September 10, 19736, Serial No. 100,064

8 Claims. (Cl. 2-227) The present invention relates to trousers pro- Ashere shown, the shirt-holding means I2 comvided with means for holdingdown the shirt prises a plate I8 secured to the canvas interlinfrontwhereby to preventI the latter from creeping ing 20 of the Waist band bystitches 22 and posiout over the top of the trousers. tioned betweensaid interlining and the facing 24.

The primary object of the present invention is Said plate is providedwith ears 26 for a pivot pin 5 to provide an attachment for the abovestated 28. A movable jawV member 30, which is subpurpose which may bepermanently secured to the stantially narrower than plate I8, ispivotally conwaist band of the trousers in concealed position nected atone end thereof to said plate by means and operative to engage the shirt.front on the of the pin 28. Said jaw member 30 is mounted 10 inside ofthe trousers. in overlying relation to the plate I8 and over the 10Another object of the invention is to provide facing 24 in position togrip the shirt front I4 a shirt-holding device which is simple in contohold the latter between the facing covered struction and effective inoperation and so related plate IB and the inner surface of the jawmemand attached to the trousers as to make unnecesber. A spring 32 iscoiled about the pin 28 sary any substantial modification of the usualand has one end 34 in engagement with the plate 15 trouser construction,I8, and its opposite end 38 in engagement with The above objects of theinvention, and other the member 30, thereby to releasably hold saidobjects ancillary thereto, will best be understood jaw member withconsiderable pressure against from the following description consideredwith the shirt front when the latter is gripped thereby.

reference to the accompanying drawings form- For the purpose ofincreasing the grip of the 20 ing a part of the present specification,it being jaw member on the shirt front, said jaw member understood thatthe constructions herein shown is provided with a plurality of teeth orprojecand described are illustrative of the preferred tions 38. In orderto facilitate the insertion of embodiments of the invention and notlimitative the shirt front between the plate I8 and the jaw thereof. y30, and the release of said shirt therefrom, the 25 In the drawings:shirt-holding means is constructed and arranged Fig. 1 is a fragmentaryfront View in elevation so that jaw member 30 may be releasably held inof a shirt and of the trousers embodying the retracted position. Forthis purpose the rear,v present invention; end of the plate I 8 isprovided with reexed Fig. 2 is a view in elevation, on a larger scale,end portions 40 in position to engage the eyelets 30 of the inside ofthe Waist band and upper fly 42 formed at the pivoted end of the jawmemportion of the trousers illustrated in Fig. 1; ber 30. Said eyelets42 have at surfaces 44 for Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional view on theline engagement by the retaining elements 40 of the 3-3 of Fig. 2; plateI8. Thus, as illustrated in Fig. 4a, when Fig. 4 is an enlargedsectional view on the line the jaw member 30 is moved to a position sub-35 4--4 of Fig. 2; stantially at right angles to that shown in Fig. 4,

Fig. 4a`is a view similar to Fig. 4, showing one the flat surfaces 44 ofthe eyelet members 42 are of the members of the shirt-holding means inre- Y engaged by the inner surfaces of the retaining tracted position;elements whereby said jaw member is held in 40 Fig. 5 is an enlargedsectional view on the line retracted position against the closing actionof the 40 5--5 of Fig. 2; spring 32.

Fig. 6 is a view similar to Fig. 2 showing a In the modificationillustrated in Figs. 6 and modification; 7, the shirt-holding means andthe attachment Fig. 7 is an enlarged sectional view on the line thereofto the waist band of the trousers are sub- 'I-1 of Fig. 6; stantiallythe same as hereinbefore described, but 45 Fig. 8 is a view similar toFig. 3, showing anthe plate 48 Which is stitched to the interliningother modification. 20 instead of being fiat, as in the above describedReferring to the drawings in detail, the waist construction, is somewhatdished having a short band I0 of the trousers has attached on the insideperipheral flange 50 within which there is sethereof means I2 engageablewith the outer band cured a felt cushioning layer 52. The movable 5o I4of the shirt front for holding the latter down jaw member 54 is of thesame construction as i in the trousers. Said shirt-holding means isprefthe jaw member 30, and in other respects the erably made of metaland is attached to the inside shirt-holding means here shown issubstantially of the waist band, being secured to and adjacent the samein construction and operation as that the end of the inner flap I6 ofthe trouser fly. illustrated in Figs. 2 to 5. It will be understood 55fthat the shirt front is gripped between the layer 52 and the jaw member54, and that the prongs on said jaw member in combination with thefriction surface provided by the felt layer 52 effectively grip theshirt front and hold the latter securely against displacement withoutinjury thereto. If desired, as shown in Fig. 8 a felt lining 56 may beinterposed between plate I8 and the facing 24 thus providing acushioning layer in the first described form of the invention.

While I have shown and described several forms of the present invention,it will be understood that the latter may be embodied otherwise than asherein disclosed, and certain changes in the construction andarrangement of parts may be made without departing from the invention asdefined by the appended claims.

Having thus described myinvention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent is:

l. In trousers having a waistband, means attached to said waistband forholding down a shirt front, said means comprising a plate secured to theinside of the waistband adjacent the end of the inner nap of thetrousers iiy below the upper edge of the waistband, and a member movablysecured to said plate, and having a free end portion adapted to grip theshirt front in position overlying said plate on the inside of thetrousers.

2. In trousers having a waistband, means attached to said waistband forholding down a shirt front, said means comprising a plate secure to theinside of the waistband adjacent the end of the inner ap of the trousersfly below the upper edge of the waistband, and a member pivoted 5 at oneend to said plate and having a free end portion adapted to grip theshirt front band in position overlying said plate on the inside of thetrousers.

3. In trousers having a waistband, means attached to said waistband forholding down a shirt front, said means comprising a plate secured to theinside of the waistband adjacent the end of the inner flap of thetrousers y below the upper edge of the waistband, and a member pivotedat one end to said plate and having a free end portion adapted to gripthe shirt front band in position overlying said plate on'the inside ofthe trousers and spring means for releasably molding said member inshirt gripping position.

4. In trousers having a waistband, means attached to said waistband forholding down a shirt front, said means comprising a plate secured to theinsideV of the waistband adjacent the end of the inner iiap of thetrousers y below the upper edge of the waistband, and a member pivotedat one end to said plate and having a free end portion adapted to gripthe shirt front band in position overlying said plate on the inside ofthe trousers and spring means for releasably holding said member inshirt gripping position, said plate having means engageable with saidmember for holding the latter releasably in retracted position.

5. In trousers having a waistband including a lining and a facing, meansattached to said waistband for holding down a shirt front, said meanscomprising a plate secured to the inside of the waistband between saidlining and facing adjacent the end of the inner ap of the trousers y,and a member movably secured to said plate and positioned in overlyingrelation to said facing, said member having a free end portion adaptedto grip the shirt front in position overlying said plate on the insideof the trousers.

6. In trousers having a waistband including a A lining and a facing,means attached to said waistband for holding down a shirt front, saidmeans comprising a plate secured to the inside of the waistband betweensaid lining and facing adjacent the end of the inner flap of thetrousers fly, and a member pivoted at one end to said plate andpositioned in overlying relation to said facing, said member having afree end portion adapted to grip the shirt front in position overlyingsaid plate on the inside of the trousers.

7. In trousers having a waistband, means attached to said waistband forholding down a shirt front, said means comprising a plate secured to theinside of the waistband adjacent the end of the inner nap of thetrousers fly below the upper edge of the waistband, a cushioning layerpositioned over said plate, and a member pivotally connected at one endto said plate and having a free end portion adapted to grip the shirtfront and press the same against said cushioning layer to hold the shirtfront against displacement from the inside of the trousers.

8. In trousers having a waistband, means attached to said waistband forholding down a shirt front, said means comprising a plate secured to theinside of the waistband adjacent the end of the inner flap of thetrousers fly below the upper edge of the waistband, a cushioning layerpositioned over said plate, and a member pivotally connected at one endto said plate and having a free end portion adapted to grip the shirtfro-nt and press the same against said cushioning layer to hold theshirt front against displacement from the inside of the trousers, saidmember having a plurality of projections for pressing the shirt front ata plurality of points against said cushioning layer.

CLARENCE L. LEE.

